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> commercially successful within the timeframe I had to sell their art That's what I meant with successful. Not sure what other variations there would be, thou
by magicalhippo 2y ago
> commercially successful within the timeframe I had to sell their art
That's what I meant with successful. Not sure what other variations there would be, though I'm not a native speaker.
- llamaimperative 2y agoFor example, to receive prestigious awards would also fit under "successful," regardless of monetary components. To be recognized after death as one of the Masters would be successful.
- magicalhippo 2y agoThe author is talking about the artistry being aligned with market forces in the paragraph preceding the quote. I don't really see how either of those definitions fit in that context.
- llamaimperative 2y agoSure, but now you're just circularly defining it back to what was initially pointed out: this is implicitly a very specific definition of greatness, ergo yeah, you replace the word with "successful" and it's implicitly a very specific definition of successful.